Mar 3, 2021 | Cynthia's Reflections
How much of love is served by memory? I bet you all remember your first kiss – maybe even what your beloved was wearing when you met. My parents were married 57 years. It wasn’t a “they lived happily ever after” marriage – it was a deep, character building...
Jul 7, 2020 | Designing Eye, Once Upon A Jewel
Hanging on a rope 30 feet down a glacial crevasse, I waited as the team set up ropes to pull me out. Four days spent learning the ropes of expedition mountaineering on Mt. Rainier included lessons on extricating your partner from a crevasse. Glacial ice isn’t like the...
May 15, 2020 | Colored Gems, Designing Eye
Looking for a story with a happy ending? Read on… Once upon a time, there was a bright and beautiful woman who became a wife and mother while working smart and savvy in finance, taking charge of her life so that she could retire while her son was in college and...